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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by drenvuk on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @03:23AM (#24564008)
This is why I like Balmer and Tim Cook. Their fortunes are tied to the success of their companies rather than leeching off of it as it dies. I'd posit that any CEO who is not in a Ride or Die relationship with their company does not have correctly aligned incentives for their performance.
Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by echelon on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @03:42AM (#24564160)
Microsoft traded sideways during the Ballmer era.
Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by drenvuk on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @03:47AM (#24564194)
$22 Billion to $77 Billion in annual revenue between when he became CEO to when he stopped in 2013. I think that's pretty decent. I think that it was growth in enterprise that they were successful with.
Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by GlennS on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @04:03AM (#24564285)
Microsoft's share price didn't go up much because they paid out large dividends. If you look at total return people who owned shares in Microsoft did very well.

(If you look at a company's share price, you will see a drop roughly equivalent to the dividend per share each time dividends are paid.)